Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Surf Forecast

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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 NZST

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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is 10.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 2PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s
Evening (15 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	10s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 15					Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	!	!	!	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	780	687	662	569	569	519	603	677	782	856	956	1073	1349	1648	1537	1470	1222	1058	934	933	909	824	814	705	702	643	698	582	528	475	485	569	608	405	475	451	573	600	460	521	449	329	286	216	199	198	216	205	215	176	165	218	239	308	344	683	505	867	946	1048
Wind (km/h)	WNW	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	W	SW	WSW	SW	S	SE	ENE	N	NNW	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	W	SSE	SW	NNW	N	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	SW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:55AM 1.70				7:22PM 1.82				7:45AM 1.71				8:12PM 1.80				8:40AM 1.73					9:07PM 1.77				9:39AM 1.76				10:05PM 1.76				10:40AM 1.81				11:05PM 1.76				11:42AM 1.87					12:05AM 1.78				12:42PM 1.94				1:04AM 1.82				1:39PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			1:11PM 0.23				1:45AM 0.26				2:03PM 0.24				2:36AM 0.24				2:58PM 0.25					3:28AM 0.23				3:55PM 0.26				4:23AM 0.21				4:55PM 0.26				5:19AM 0.19				5:55PM 0.26					6:16AM 0.16				6:55PM 0.23				7:14AM 0.12

	Tuesday 15					Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	12	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	11	11	9
Feels °C (?)	9	10	9	7	6	5	5	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	6	8	5	5	6	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	8	6	6	3	6	6	6	2	1	1	1	3	2	4	7	7	6

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Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay (calm at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay). not gfswave
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